Daredevil

The Devil of Hell's Kitchen

Well, for starters it just got cancelled this week. So that’s not great news for fans of this series which was one of the success stories of serialized comic book adaptations. Now Daredevil is interesting cause is he a super hero at all ? No super powers to speak of. He doesn’t have a lot of money either.

Is he relatable ? If his New York counter part is friendly and from the neighbourhood, the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen is more like your angsty estranged cousin who also happens to be blind. 

Empathy goes out of the window in a matter of seconds. What you’re now feeling is sympathy. And you feel that throughout the series cause many episodes deal with his wounds being tended to after quite a pummeling. He’s not very super and this show has been praised for its dark and gritty realism. Now wait a minute I’m not saying that makes for a good show. Look how dark and gritty has worked out for the DCEU. I almost forgot to mention how there’s no shaky cam. This is something that was being abused for far too long as is why people get turned off by action movies (In the same vein as the John Wick series) Shaky cam has been abused for far too long after its success in the Bourne trilogy. 

Now I've really enjoyed Season 3, Vincent D’Onofrio is once again very terrifying as Wilson Fisk. Guy has acting chops. Haven’t really seen a lot of his work since Full Metal Jacket. Yes, Jurassic World came after Daredevil. I’ve not forgotten that. 

We also had another favorite from the comics introduced as a villain. He was well, he was okay. He wouldn’t feel out of place in the final seasons of Dexter ( not great those final seasons ). All in all Daredevil stood out among those it was constantly being compared to and I for one wouldn’t go so far as recommending it to those who don’t enjoy comic book stories but this is one of the better ones. If you want to forget about comics completely I’d suggest you give ‘Legion’ a look. What a surreal journey that show is. Also do check out Frank Miller’s Born Again issues which is the inspiration behind the series.